Although we believed as children that there were fears lurking below stairs, we learned to navigate around them when we went for the apples—namely, by turning off the lights and quickly exiting the doorway as we came up.
My choices would be statement one followed by statement three; I trust this clarifies things for you.
The servants are more invested in the feud than their masters.
The syllables with emphasis in the line "We wear our fingers rough with handling them" are: wear, fin, rough, hand, them.
This line exemplifies iambic pentameter, which alternates between unstressed and stressed syllables, beginning with an unstressed one. For example, WE is unstressed, then WEAR is stressed, continuing this pattern.
In William Wordsworth's poem "The Sun Has Long Been Set," the use of quotation marks around specific words suggests something artificial regarding these actions.
Response: The appropriate answer is: These activities seem contrived
Explanation:
The poem 'The sun has long been set' beautifully captures the essence of evening through images of stars, wind, the sky, and the half moon. Additionally, it emphasizes how the natural world offers more than the 'artificial life' found in urban settings. Nature offers a serene retreat from the stresses of life.
